The first issue was created in the spring of 2007, written entirely by Cain, and was initially meant to be a break away from a local music community drowning in homogenous "hxc", crunk and gangsta rap, and various other local trends. As is with most music zines, Black Widow was done in cut and paste format, and was written in a fairly short amount of time.
A second issue is currently in the works, after deciding to take submissions for want of more dimension in the articles. Bands that have been covered thus far are The Denizens, Warvetbrian, and Psychostick.